Chapter 396: Choosing a Category
In general, street performances are basically about poker and coins for magic enthusiasts rather than professional magicians, and most of them are close-up magic, and the angle becomes the biggest problem. Because there are audiences on all sides, it is also a very tangled thing to play well, in fact, there are many ways to solve this problem, the simplest is to perform props (no angles) or zero hand magic.
The choice of props is like: prop version of the Bagas effect, The Wizard of Oz, Impossible Transformation, WOW, etc., I am really not good at coins, so I will not give examples. And zero-hand magic is a test of the magician's language organization and misquotation ability, this needs a very detailed explanation, I will probably say it, the expression of language is as important as the magic show, or even more important, he needs rhythm, close-up, need to give the audience time to "digest", not too fast, not too slow, grasp the audience's reaction and emotions to deal with, this has a great test for the magician's on-the-spot performance, this needs to be carefully pondered.
As for misguidance, there is a saying that the eyes are faster, but the human eye is actually very precise, even if it is 1/24th of a second, that action will leave an impression in the eye, no matter how fast the human hand is, it cannot compete with the observation power of the eye. The audience said, "Wow! I saw that he was so fast just now!?and I don't know how he did itβ ?There is a difference between this level. Therefore, how to make good use of misguidance has become an important topic for magicians to learn.
Theoretically, a person's attention cannot be focused on two things at the same time, so when directing attention to one thing, the viewer will ignore the real key point. For example, today you yelled at the audience during your performance, "Look! There is a flying saucer!?β makes people realize that you are guiding him, which is not called misguidance. Misguidance is not only to guide the audience, but also to guide the gods unconsciously, all actions, words, and eyes are taken for granted, and there is nothing unnatural.
The scope of misguidance is very wide. Today, I'm going to talk about the action of "pulling the sleeve". The act of pulling the sleeve may have several meanings, of course, I may really just pull the sleeve, or it may be to emphasize to the audience that there is nothing in the sleeve, or it may be to prove that "there is nothing in the hand of the sleeve!" Why is it that pulling the sleeve proves that "there is nothing in the hand that pulls the sleeve"? Because I "misled" everyone!! Something is hidden in the palm of your hand, which is an "unnatural" move that I don't want the audience to find out! So I made a "natural" move! Because what I did was a natural move, the audience wouldn't notice that it was a "sleeve pull". I remember a magician who told me about misleading, and they divided misguidance into two categories: Timing and Acting.
As a simple example, if you do a coin disappearing method, if you open your left hand right away and the coin disappears, the audience may not react because they don't know what's going on. But if you're holding your left hand and then you say something, rubbing your left hand slowly and then opening it slowly, the audience will explode, because the audience knows very well that the coin is still in your clenched hand until it disappears (so: quick, it's a man's fatal wound, laughs). It's important to do everything at the right time, and the same is true for magic shows, where all the movements are just right.
The above left-handed opening action, if you open it directly, there is no magic flavor at all; But if you blow on your left hand and rub your hand together and slowly open it, the audience may find it even more surprised; Because of the action of blowing and rubbing your hands, the moment before this disappearance happens, it seems as if you have poured some magic into your hands. Don't skimp on spells and movements that seem to have magical powers, these acting skills are the key to creating a magical atmosphere.
It's been nonsense for a long time, I should talk about the problem of Aoke, I think everyone is familiar with the word Oak, anyone who has performed magic should have met Oak, ah! There must be something wrong with your cards! I'm going to check it out. If there's something wrong with your sleeve, you pull it up and see. Your magic trick is definitely (*)#Β₯Β₯#...... (What's changed, you're also a magician?) Me too!
Everyone should have encountered such a thing, in fact, the audience is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, I divide the audience into four categories:
The first type (child-type) is particularly strenuous to perform, and I don't understand what you're changing when I have time to watch it for a long time, and it's easy to get distracted when watching, scratching my head, buttoning my nose, and pinching the corners of my clothes...... I have a knack for treating a kid-type audience, what do kids like? Eat! Play! If you turn a lollipop or a plush toy, they will run with you, and then there is a little bit of mind magic such as mind reading, and you will give up it, and perform some obvious effects, empty-handed to conjure something out, or change something into nothing, children will also like it, add a little bit of familiar things to the language organization, such as ~~~~~ Xiyangyang ~ Transformers...... It's up to you!!!
The second type (old humans) This type of audience has very serious traditional thinking, I used to be regarded as a charlatan by this type of people, thinking that I was cheating money, so when you perform, it is best to have something that can highlight your identity, proving that you are really a magician, and another point, the old man has some disdain for magic performances, thinking that you are all a little trick, and it is a level ...... that said cross talk a long time ago, so you have to use some thought to change the old people's unconvinced or underestimated your mind, This is going to test your language, demon friends~Come on~
The third category (pure oak class) Under normal circumstances, the quality and morality of people who make trouble with magic performances, or make a big deal of revealing magic secrets, you have to have momentum and courage to perform for such people, because this kind of person feels that face is very important, which requires you to provoke him! But don't go overboard, otherwise people think you're arrogant, you have to make one thing clear in language before the performance, that is, don't disturb, otherwise it will disturb all the performances that the audience is watching, if the other party has a girlfriend or buddy there, it's even better, use language to imply to the audience, if you make trouble, you just don't want other people to watch the magic show! He doesn't want to be embarrassed~ will be honest~
The fourth category (audience type) This kind of people are absolutely qualified, they feel that this is a performance, should not be disturbed, I recommend two, stable students and people with status in society, because the first one feels that their image and quality are very important, they will not go crazy to disturb your performance, of course~ if you succeed in your performance, don't expect them to be surprised at the same time, there will be a big reaction. And people of social status know how to respect others, so they won't bother you.
There is another type that I didn't count, that is, the friends around you, because of the relationship problem, they don't care if you are angry, embarrassed or not, deal with such people~ The first thing you have to tell him is that if you respect me, you will respect my magic, because as a magician's friend, they have the obligation to let you practice magic well, not to "disrupt the situation", respect you at the same time, but also respect your hobbies, this is very important, and the atmosphere around the magician is also very important.